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 * 1. World Bank || [|www.worldbank.org] ||
 * Date of Creation? || 1944 ||
 * Mission / Purpose / Role? || Poverty reduction through an inclusive and sustainable globalization. ||
 * Members - # of countries? || 187 member countries ||


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 * 2. IMF – International Monetary Fund || [|www.Imf.org] ||
 * Date of Creation and at what conference? || 1944 ||
 * Mission / Purpose / Role? || To help ensure stability in the international system in three ways: keeping track of the global economy and the economies of member countries; lending to countries with balance of payments difficulties; and giving practical help to members. ||
 * Members - # of countries? || 187 ||

The G20 || [|www.g7.utoronto.ca/] [] || Extra members: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Korea, Turkey, U.K., U.S., EU ||
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 * # The G8 - Group of 8
 * Date of Creation? || 1975 ||
 * Membership? || France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Japan, United States, United Kingdom, Canada ||
 * Purpose / Role / Mission? || Deals with macroeconomic management, international trade, and the relations with developing countries. ||
 * G20? || 19 countries and the EU who began meeting in 1999.


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 * 4. OPEC || [|www.opec.org] ||
 * Date of Creation? || September 10-14, 1960 ||
 * Membership? || Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela. ||
 * Purpose / Role / Mission? || Coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of its Member Countries and ensure the stabilization of oil markets in order to secure an efficient, economic, and regular supply of petroleum to consumers, a steady income to producers and a fair return on capital for those investing in the petroleum industry. ||

2. Discuss policies, principles, and parallel bilateral talks with the WTO. For example, about different trading interests. 3. Prepare a rough draft of a treaty that discusses the groups membership. 4. The final report, protocol and list of commitments is made and presented to the WTO General Council or the Ministerial Conference. ||
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 * 5. World Trade Organization || [|www.wto.org] ||
 * Date of Creation? || 1995 ||
 * # of Member countries? || 153 members ||
 * Membership Process? 4 steps? || 1. Describe all aspects of trade and economic policies that would affect WTO agreements.
 * Mission / Purpose / Role? || The pursuit of open borders, the guarantee of most-favored-nation principle and non-discriminatory treatment by and among members, and a commitment to transparency in the conduct of its activities. They also want to open the national markets to international trade in order to contribute to sustainable development raise welfare and reduce poverty, and foster peace and stability. ||

To fight poverty through economic growth and financial stability To help ensure the environmental implications of economic and social development are taken into account To provide a platform to seek answers to common problems and co-ordinate domestic and international policies of its members ||
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 * 6. OECD – Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development || [|www.oecd.org] ||
 * Date of Creation? || 1947 ||
 * Membership Numbers? || 34 members ||
 * Mission / Purpose / Role? || To help governments foster prosperity

To support U.N.reforms to make its work in human rights and democracy more effective. To speak out for religious freedom for practitioners of all faiths To research various aspects of freedom To expand freedom to societies under dictatorship To help stabilize free institutions in new, fragile democracies ||
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 * 7. Freedom House || [] ||
 * Date of Creation? || 1941 ||
 * Mission / Purpose / Role? || To promote democracy

To bring together relevant players from government, civil society, business and the media to promote transparency in elections, in public administration, in procurement and in business ||
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 * 8. Transparency International – Corruption Perceptions Index || [] ||
 * Date of Creation? || 1993 ||
 * Mission / Purpose / Role? || To lead the fight against corruption